anear
Americanadverb
preposition
adverb
Etymology
Origin of anear
1725–35; a- (semantically empty, perhaps by analogy with afar; cf. apast) + near
Example Sentences
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Stephen Anear, an assistant district attorney from San Diego County, cited what he called “a damning psychological assessment” of the inmate.
From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2017
The affrighted ostrich dare not dust her wings Anear this Presence.
From The Golden Treasury of American Songs and Lyrics by Knowles, Frederic Lawrence
Anear to whom Are the Gorgon sisters three, enclothed with wings, With twisted snakes for ringlets, man-abhorred: There is no mortal gazes in their face And gazing can breathe on.
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
With that, A slave-girl took a cup of wine, and crept Anear him, saying, "Taste"; and when his lips Had touched it, lo, he trembled, and he cried, "Behold, I prophesy."
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Ingelow, Jean
Anear, a-nēr′, adv. nearly: near.—prep. near.—v.t. to approach, to come near to.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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